New: Ibelux 40mm f/0.85 lens for mirrorless cameras

Another interesting product that was on display during the 2013 CP+ show in Yokohama, Japan: Ibelux 40mm f/0.85 lens for mirrorless cameras (pictured on a Sony NEX mirrorless camera). The lens is expected to be released in July, 2013 with a price between ¥120,000 - ¥ 150,000 ($1,200-$1,600). The lens will be available in X mount (Fuji), M mount (Leica), Micro Four Thirds and Canon M.

Hence the non-committal “potentially imply.” But if they’re selling it in M mount, one could make the reasonable assumption that the image circle will at least COVER a full-frame sensor, if not necessarily cover it WELL. I’d find it odd for a company to produce a lens for any camera knowing that it was going to perpetually look like shooting through the end of a Warner Bros cartoon.

Fants

Hence the non-committal “potentially imply.” But if they’re selling it in M mount, one could make the reasonable assumption that the image circle will at least COVER a full-frame sensor, if not necessarily cover it WELL. I’d find it odd for a company to produce a lens for any camera knowing that it was going to perpetually look like shooting through the end of a Warner Bros cartoon.

Alan

I’m also wondering if it is a rangefinder coupled lens as well.

Mistral75

No, DC Watch definitely reports it is not coupled, therefore usable with Leica M and Ricoh GXR with M module.

The optics are going to be the same… so it’s the barrel length that wil most likely change and the M mount will have a shorter barrel in fact but if you’re putting it on a non-M body I’d count the adapter thickness too.

Pablo Ricasso

Does someone else find the length being rediculously long for a 40mm lens?

I guess that’s the price designers have to pay to cram and extra 1-2 stops of light in a lenses for mirrorless cameras. Laws of physics still apply being full frame or mirrorless, unfortunatelly.

Sebastian

This lens may be very useful for scientific low-light imaging, for example on sCMOS detectors, which are even smaller than m43. The issue are coatings. I’ve used f/0.95 lenses, and they were more like T/1.3.

Sebastian

This lens may be very useful for scientific low-light imaging, for example on sCMOS detectors, which are even smaller than m43. The issue are coatings. I’ve used f/0.95 lenses, and they were more like T/1.3.